advancedService Mesh: Istio, Envoy & mTLS

What is the difference between VirtualService and DestinationRule?

VirtualService defines routing rules -- how traffic for a destination is routed (weights, retries, fault injection, headers). DestinationRule defines the behavior for traffic once it has been routed to a specific service -- subsets (versions), load balancing policy, connection pool settings, and outlier detection (circuit breaking).

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What is the difference between VirtualService and DestinationRule?

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